Targets .
Posted: 01 May 2021 20:51
Once everything is dialed in and the loads work it gets boring shooting paper so we improvise . Golf balls , pop cans , clay pigeons and so on .
Steel is nice it has instant feed back . It's also really expensive as a rule .
Several years ago I bought a cool little set up with 2ea 4" , 6" and one 8" gong with 2 0< shaped deals and 5 shepard's hooks all cut from AR 500 . The 0< deal is for legs and the cross bar of 1" steel electric conduit . It's a neat set up takes about 2 min to set up . I'm hosting a thing in a few weeks , 17-23 May , for a few net friends and went looking for the guy I got the original set from . Ummm no not to be found ........
I looked at some others but just the plates/gongs were $30-40 ea and kits like mine are like $250 now ........ No .
FB has had several target steel guys pop up . Cheaper than the stores but still more than I wanted to spend for a few pieces and shipping too . With the mill up and running and a wood lathe handy I could turn out a bunch of bowling pins pretty quickly .
I clicked on a X Steel ad and theirs is about half of shelf price $15 flat rate for 1 piece or 50+ and if you buy $150 it's free . Sign up for the text , email or both get 10% off the first order . I bought 3/8 gongs in 3,4 & 6" , 5 total . $44 shipped . 3" is smaller than I remember it being as a target . No matter I'll swing on some chain for 25 yd pistol work .
Last week I got a deal for 12" , actually 3/8×4-1/2×11 Gnomes so I bought a pair of them and a pair of 1/2×6" gongs . $9 ea for the gnomes and 15 ea for the gongs .
I don't have any interest in them , if I did I'd have all the parts for or have had a dualing tree in the yard too . It's just good prices , everything is straight up , Vet owned , order/pay on Monday night , it ships Wednesday morning and if the USPS doesn't goof it up you have fresh steel Saturday morning in the mail .
Link to the Gnomes .
https://www.xsteeltargets.com/collectio ... postscript
Steel is nice it has instant feed back . It's also really expensive as a rule .
Several years ago I bought a cool little set up with 2ea 4" , 6" and one 8" gong with 2 0< shaped deals and 5 shepard's hooks all cut from AR 500 . The 0< deal is for legs and the cross bar of 1" steel electric conduit . It's a neat set up takes about 2 min to set up . I'm hosting a thing in a few weeks , 17-23 May , for a few net friends and went looking for the guy I got the original set from . Ummm no not to be found ........
I looked at some others but just the plates/gongs were $30-40 ea and kits like mine are like $250 now ........ No .
FB has had several target steel guys pop up . Cheaper than the stores but still more than I wanted to spend for a few pieces and shipping too . With the mill up and running and a wood lathe handy I could turn out a bunch of bowling pins pretty quickly .
I clicked on a X Steel ad and theirs is about half of shelf price $15 flat rate for 1 piece or 50+ and if you buy $150 it's free . Sign up for the text , email or both get 10% off the first order . I bought 3/8 gongs in 3,4 & 6" , 5 total . $44 shipped . 3" is smaller than I remember it being as a target . No matter I'll swing on some chain for 25 yd pistol work .
Last week I got a deal for 12" , actually 3/8×4-1/2×11 Gnomes so I bought a pair of them and a pair of 1/2×6" gongs . $9 ea for the gnomes and 15 ea for the gongs .
I don't have any interest in them , if I did I'd have all the parts for or have had a dualing tree in the yard too . It's just good prices , everything is straight up , Vet owned , order/pay on Monday night , it ships Wednesday morning and if the USPS doesn't goof it up you have fresh steel Saturday morning in the mail .
Link to the Gnomes .
https://www.xsteeltargets.com/collectio ... postscript